Shing Jung

> February 2007. Simple Xinjiang restaurant on Fuxing Road, Shanghai.

Few people who've never been here (and even some who live here) don't know that China has a Muslim province in the northwest called Xinjiang. One of the most fascinating regions and definitely the top of my list to travel to, eight countries border the province -- India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tadjikistan, Kyrgystan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan. Its people are a visual catalogue of all the different influences from its neighbors. Besides the Silk Road, the province is also known for its wine, raisins, lamb skewers, naan (more similar to the Uzbeki kind than Indian), and desert.

apologies
>This was a lightning speed synopsis of a place truly more inspiring than my writing.